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The heavy surf breaks against the boardwalk on October 30, 2012 in Long Beach, New York. The storm has claimed at least 40 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

A member of the cleanup crew removes beach sand that was left on the streets after Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Long Beach, New York. The storm has claimed at least 40 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

People charge their phones at a mobile charging station October 30, 2012 in New York City. The storm has claimed at least 40 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard leaving millions of people without power. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

A fish swims down Main Street October 30, 2012 in Little Ferry, New Jersey. Hurricane Sandy which hit New York and New Jersey left much of Bergen County flooded and without power. (Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

Sheep try to find food and shelter beside pine trees laden with heavy snow during a blizzard from Hurricane Sandy in Garrett County, western Maryland October 30, 2012. Millions of people across the eastern United States awoke to scenes of destruction wrought by monster storm Sandy, which knocked out power to swaths of the densely populated region, swamped New York’s subways and flooded streets in Manhattan’s financial district. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A fire hydrant nearly covered with sand washed ashore is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Tom Mihalek/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A member of the cleanup crew brushes up the dirt that was left on the boardwalk after Hurricane Sandy had hit the region in Ocean City, Maryland. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: A sporting goods and camping store displays it’s message to residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Huntington Station, New York. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: A pathway to the beach from the boardwalk is buried in sand up to the railings, at a beach in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Tom Mihalek/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Homes are flooded after Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the southern New Jersey coastline in this U.S. Coast Guard handout photo in Tuckerton, New Jersey. U.S.Coast Guard/Handout/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Homes are displaced after Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the southern New Jersey coastline in this U.S. Coast Guard handout photo in Brigantine, New Jersey. (U.S.Coast Guard/Handout/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Damage after Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the southern New Jersey coastline is seen in this U.S. Coast Guard handout photo in Brigantine, New Jersey. (U.S.Coast Guard/Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Swanson/Handout/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Damage after Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the southern New Jersey coastline is seen in this U.S. Coast Guard handout photo in Brigantine, New Jersey. (U.S.Coast Guard/Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Swanson/Handout/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Damage after Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the southern New Jersey coastline is seen in this U.S. Coast Guard handout photo in Brigantine, New Jersey. (U.S.Coast Guard/Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Swanson/Handout/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: People participate in metal detecting at the beach after Hurricane Sandy hit the region in Ocean City, Maryland. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

October 30th, 2012: Bystanders survey the 700-ton John B. Caddell tanker on the north shore of Staten Island, New York. The tanker ran aground Monday night from the storm surge caused by Hurricane Sandy. (Michael Berrigan/Reuters)

The skyline of New York is pictured at night on October 1, 2012, (top), and pictured in darkness in the early morning hours of October 30, 2012, in this combination photo. (Gary Hershorn/Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A doll is seen inside a home devastated by fire in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Over 50 homes destroyed in a fire during Hurricane Sandy are viewed in the Breezy Point neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: On Staten Island, New York, a large ship is grounded on Front Street, Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy caused major damage to New York City and surrounding areas. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

October 30, 2012: A sailboat is beached in Long Beach in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, in Long Beach, New York, Tuesday. (Alejandra Villa/Newsday/MCT)

October 30, 2012: Two cars are abandoned in the sand from the aftermath of hurricane Sandy in Long Beach, New York, Tuesday. (Alejandra Villa/Newsday/MCT)

October 30, 2012: Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in the Rockaways section of New York. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Residents look over the remains of burned homes in the Rockaways section of New York. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A resident and his dog are evacuated from a neighborhood in Little Ferry, New Jersey, one day after Hurricane Sandy slammed the East Coast. (Mehdi Taamallah/AFP/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: A man sits on his porch behind a car that was burned out in an electrical fire after a tree fell over a power line due to the remnants of Hurricane Sandy in Toronto. More than 100,000 Canadians were still without power on Tuesday after the huge storm Sandy toppled trees and power lines in Canada’s most populous provinces, killed one person, and halted units at an Ontario refinery. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A general view of submerged cars on Ave. C and 7th st, after severe flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy in Manhattan, New York. (Christos Pathiakis/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: Jenna Webb (L), 18, and Zoe Jurusik, 20, paddle-board down a flooded city street in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Bethany Beach, Delaware. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A statue is seen among homes devastated by fire and the effects of Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A man walks away from a building that has been surrounded by water pushed up by Hurricane Sandy in Bellport, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Water pushed up by Hurricane Sandy splashes into the window of a building standing by the shore in Bellport, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: An emergency personnel carries an elderly resident from flood waters brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, New Jersey. (Adam Hunger/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A home sits along the shoreline badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy in Milford, Connecticut. (Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Rod Zindani surveys the damage to his Best Of New York Food Deli in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A playground apparatus stands surrounded by water pushed up by Hurricane Sandy in Bellport, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A playground stands surrounded by water pushed up by Hurricane Sandy in Bellport, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Waves crash against the shoreline during high tide in Milford, Connecticut. (Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Cars are seen on a street flooded at Hoboken in New Jersey. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A remote control lies partially submerged in water on 14th street of Manhattan after the storms from last night’s Hurricane Sandy in New York. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Mike Gibson of Monkton, right, watches with his daughter Maddy, left, and son Cooper as Gunpowder Falls overflows its banks and overtakes a stretch of Sparks Road as a result of Hurricane Sandy in Cockeysville, Md., on Tuesday. (Brian Krista/Patuxent Publishing)

October 30, 2012: Sailboats rest on the ground after being tipped over by Hurricane Sandy on City Island in New York. US President Obama declared New York a disaster area. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: A flower pot boat floats in front of a bait and takle store on flooded Ocean Ave. in Avalon, New Jersey. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: People view the area where a 2000-foot section of the ‘uptown’ boardwalk was destroyed by flooding from Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: A street light and utility pole brought down from Hurricane Sandy lays on the street in Avalon, New Jersey. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

October 29, 2012: The lobby of Verizon’s Corporate headquarters in Manhattan is shown underwater in this handout photo supplied by Verizon in New York Tuesday. The headquarter houses executive offices as well as some of the company’s key telecom equipment that supports services to New York’s financial district and many other customers in Manhattan. The water has receded since then, a Verizon spokesman said. (Verizon/Handout/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Flowers are left on the site where a woman was killed after she was hit by a flying sign that come apart due to high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Sandy in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A rainbow is seen among homes devastated by the effects of Hurricane Sandy at the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A dead deer is pictured with driftwood and debris left by a combination of storm surge from Hurricane Sandy and high tide in Southampton, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Waves crash against the demolished section of a boardwalk at the end of Pacific Avenue in the north end of the city, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy’s landfall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Tom Mihalek/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Waves crash against the demolished section of a boardwalk at the end of Pacific Avenue in the north end of the city, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy’s landfall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Tom Mihalek/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Boats piled up by storm surge and the high tide lie in a pile at a marina in East Quogue, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Boats piled up by storm surge and the high tide lie in a pile at a marina in East Quogue, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A boat which sunk after becoming unmoored by strong winds caused by Hurricane Sandy is submerged in Scituate Harbor in Scituate, Massachusetts. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A view shows homes devastated by fire and the effects of Hurricane Sandy at the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A girl stands among homes devastated by fire and the effects of Hurricane Sandy at the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Trent Risley, 11, looks at power lines knocked down by Hurricane Sandy in Scituate, Massachusetts. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: An American Flag windsock is wrapped around the side of a building as clean up begins from Hurricane Sandy in Scituate, Massachusetts. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A power line lies fallen across a road flooded by floodwaters pushed up by high tide and the storm surge from Hurricane Sandy in Westhampton Beach, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Homes are surrounded by floodwaters pushed up by high tide and the storm surge from Hurricane Sandy in Westhampton Beach, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A resident assists in rescue efforts with his jet ski as emergency personnel rescue residents from flood waters brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, New Jersey. (Adam Hunger/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Two men look at the demolished section of a boardwalk at the end of Pacific Avenue in the north end of the city, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy’s landfall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Tom Mihalek/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Sand dunes in Ocean City, Maryland, used as both a beach enhancement as well as beach protection, show signs of erosion from the waves off the Atlantic ocean with the boardwalk in background. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

October 30, 2012: A downed power line, knocked over by a falling tree, is seen in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in Washignton, DC. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: The Empire State Building towers in the background of an apartment buliding in Chelsea, New York City, with the facade broken off the morning after Hurricane Sandy. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: Water floods the Plaza Shops in lower Manhattan, New York. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: A man watches waves generated from the remnants Hurricane Sandy as they crash into the shoreline of Lake Michigan on October 30, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Waves up to 25 feet high generated by winds up to 50 miles-per-hour were expected on the lake. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: A man watches waves generated from the remnants Hurricane Sandy as they crash into the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. Waves up to 25 feet high generated by winds up to 50 miles-per-hour were expected on the lake. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: Workers clear a downed tree blocking East 96th street in Central Park the morning after Hurricane Sandy in New York City. (Michael Heiman/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: Ray Cilli and his dog Woubie are rescued from flood waters brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, New Jersey. (Adam Hunger/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: The promenade at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is flooded at high tide with help from the winds of Hurricane Sandy. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

October 30, 2012: Debris litters the floor of Exchange Place in New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy. The giant storm Sandy wreaked havoc on the New York City subway system, flooding tunnels, garages and rail yards and threatening to paralyze the nation’s largest mass-transit system for days. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A man takes a picture of calm seas and sun-dappled clouds in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, at sunrise on Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Homes that are devastated by fire and the effects of Hurricane Sandy are seen at the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Residents, including a young child, are rescued by emergency personnel from flood waters brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, New Jersey. (Adam Hunger/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Residents are rescued by emergency personnel from flood waters brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, New Jersey. (Adam Hunger/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: A car is crushed under a fallen tree in the Lower East Side in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

October 30, 2012: Public works crews from Ocean City move one of a number of 300 lb benches on the boardwalk at 10th St. after they were tossed about from ocean waves that breached the seawall from Superstorm Sandy. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

October 30, 2012: Most of pier at the Hopkins Creek marina on Middle River in Maryland is under water. (Mary Gail Hare/Baltimore Sun)

October 30, 2012: With the U.S. Capitol shown in the background, a fallen tree lies along the side of 14th St NW following Hurricane Sandy’s track through the nation’s capital in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: Cars floating in a flooded subterranean basement following Hurricaine Sandy in the Financial District of New York. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: A construction crane hangs off of the side of One57, seen from Central Park in New York City. The crane was blown loose from the residential construction project during Hurricane Sandy. (Michael Heiman/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: The aftermath of flooding following Hurricane Sandy in the Financial District of New York. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: A man surveys the remains of a flooded store following Hurricaine Sandy in the Financial District of New York, United States. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: A street sign stands near apartment buildings which flooded and destroyed large sections of an old boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: Resident Kim Johnson inspects the area around her apartment building which flooded and destroyed large sections of an old boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: Debris litter a flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy in New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: Portable upended flood dikes are viewed on a flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy in New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: Debris litters a flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy in New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: A darkened Manhattan is viewed after much of the city lost electricity due to the affects of Hurricane Sandy in New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

October 30, 2012: A general view from Exchange Place, New Jersey, shows the skyline of lower Manhattan in darkness after a preventive power outage caused by giant storm Sandy in New York. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

October 29, 2012: People walk through water on the beach near the time of high tide as Hurricane Sandy approaches in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

Power returning to parts of the region, but 186,000 BGE customers still outBy Steve Kilar and Jamie Smith Hopkins | The Baltimore Sun
12:05 p.m. EDT, October 30, 2012

Power outages hit a plateau early Tuesday morning and began creeping downward, with about 186,000 Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers without electricity at noon, according to the company.

The company said it has restored power to about 114,000 customers since storm operations began at 10 a.m. Sunday.

BGE will assess the damage Tuesday and Wednesday as restoration efforts continue, said spokesman Rob Gould. He said the utility probably wouldn’t be able to give an estimate until late Wednesday or Thursday about when all customers would see power restored.

About 2,000 of the 3,000 out-of-state utility workers BGE requested are on hand to help mop up after Sandy, first a hurricane and later a post-tropical “superstorm.” BGE expects the remaining 1,000 mutual-assistance workers to filter in Tuesday, spokeswoman Rachael L. Lighty said.

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